We live in difficult times and the challenges of life keeps getting tougher and tougher, discouragements here, disappointments there, people are giving up on the essence of living, some on their relationship, some on their job, spouse, the country and even on God.
In Josh 1:7-9 God admonished Joshua to be strong and very courageous as He was always with him.
Courage is not the absence of problems but the ability to stand tall in the face of difficulties. Joshua needed to develop this kind of courage because on his path to destiny was the wall of Jericho, the giants, and many other difficult battles that could scare the life out of him. With what you are confronted with daily, you need courage as well to face each day. This courage is built on faith, and it grows out of a well nourished spirit so that when natural reasoning wants to cause you to doubt based on happenings around you, courage will say in the face of reason, "I will not quit, I will not give up, I will continue to believe." Courage is an outgrow based on the integrity of God's word so that even when it looks bleak courage will still carry you through because God's word never fails.
The devil will always try to fight your courage with fear, unbelief and despair, but you must take responsibility for what you allow into your mind. FEAR is just a False Enemy Appearing Real, it is false, it doesn't exist, if you entertain it, it will paralyze your potential and keep you perpetually on one spot but the word is our weapon over the battles that occur in our minds, give room therefore to the word through meditation and let your courage grow; dare your fears and begin to do the things you have believed you can never do because God is always with you. SHALOM
This is great.
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